Show business in new orleans feels the effect of outside quarantine vigorous measures taken to eradicate the tf new orleans july 29 the most als quieting news in the yellow fever sit nation today is the evidence that panic is increasing in the smaller towns of louisiana and mississippi and that a disposition Is growing to revive the disastrous commercial quarantines of 1897 when some of the country towns even refused to receive ice or hardware from new orleans several towns in tennessee and others along the mississippi valley road In refuse to allow express matter of any kind to he put off port gibson will not take bread nor anything wrapped in burlap that may be shipped from this city some of the texas towns are asking that the malls bo fumigated ac the movement to quarantine freight spreads new orleans will suffer much more seriously than from the faver itself up to the present there has been no local apprehension of a dangerous epidemic and it was believed atiat if the boards of dealta in other stated lived up to their agreements not to place any restrictions upon the transportation of freight there would a slight reduction of business and the would b the inability of the country people to come hers aadot new orleans people to go into the southern towns and cities the history of the case of yellow fever reported at lamberton miss the first in that state has not yet been traced but it Is considered probable that the victim is one ot the many italians who fled fram the french market district here very probably cases will develop at other points though the danger is constantly lessening because the cordon drawn around new orleans is now so tight so far as the emergency of the ital lans is concerned that it is doubtful if any more will be able to leave the city dr of the marle island hospital service is in charge of the cumberton lumberton Lum berton case which has been screened and isolated and Is being scientifically ly treated it is biot considered probable that there will be another spread there the cleaning continues and every cart to hire in the city has been requisitioned by the public department part ment and the citizens committee hundreds of barrels ot lime are being used in the effort to purify streets gutters and back yards the era club one of the chief wo mans organizations of the city has volunteered its services to dr bey ariy warner proposing to hald meetings dally in order that the women of the alti may be instructed in the cru ade against the mosquitoes and the best method of ridding the city of them the depopulation of the mississippi gult towns of eummer visitors from new orleans continues owing to governor Vard amans determination that these towns shall have no communication with new orleans the governor caid that leaving out the cost of human life an epidemic of the fever oni the coast would mean in depreciation of real estate alone much sympathy Is felt here for memphis which has been compelled toi quarantine against new Orle ansi against her will on the first report of the esver that city sent a depre i here who put himself in close touch with the situation anda saw no necessity for quarantine ands the health authorities would doubt less have kept their promise not to bar new orleans refugees it the ini position of quarantine of other cities against memphis had not forced mem j aphis to act in self defense the quarantines have greatly disarranged railroad service all the roada have had to take oft local trains all weekly and semiweekly semi weekly excursions to nearby resorts have been abandoned through trains are carrying large numbers of passengers bound for the northern and eastern resorts but travel south has naturally fallen off though the hotel registers daily show arrivals of people from the north coming here on business mayor martin behrman today gave the following signed statement to the newspapers new orleans ia suffering more from the rigid quarantine than yellow fever of that the citizens here hayo the fullest control the mosquito theory Is accepted by our physicians and laymen alike and there is nothing remaining to be done but to fight the mosquitoes which is being done by oiling the gutters and screening and oiling the cisterns the number of new cases were less yesterday by than on tha preceding day wo have the situation ao thoroughly n hand that we believe we will shortly con vince the world that by working on the mosquito theory yellow fever will be entirely robbed of its peril and that shotgun quarantines arc senseless as a method to fight yellow fever as such a method cannot prevent the spread of the mosquitoes this is a fight wholly against the mya mosquito signed martin behrman mayor NEW YORKS YELLOW PERIL two steamers with many suspects aboard new york july 29 prospect 0 a yellow fever scourge spreading to cit its of the northwest was forced lipo n the health officials at this port today when nearly a score ol 01 suspects were removed from two steamers from casualties IN RIOTS st petersburg july 29 the official list of tho casualties during ahe recent tour days of rioting at shows iff hilled and 53 wounded 4 southern ports two of these cratl cally have been isolated in the pest house on island which had been especially prepared tor possible yellow fever cases that the malady from which they ara suffering is yellow fever however has not yett been determined and at least twenty tour hours must elapse before the real 1 nature of the disease will be positively the other suspects all at whom are at tho detention hospital cn hoffmans island are held merely their condition may be closely observed by the physicians attached to tho health department none of bahem is seriously ill bui had symptoms of fever in some form when on the steamers it was the steamer ser gurania from colon which brought the biggest freight ot suspects 17 of the 19 received today having cyme from among her passengers and crew the two other suspects were taden from the steamer eldorado from new orleans neither of them was seriously ill 1 elaborate preparations yo detect and hold every suspicious case arriving on steamers from southern ports havo been made by the officials here IN DETENTION HOSPITAL new york july 29 j seventeen persons were removed thom the steamer Segur ancla and transferred to the detention hospital for observation when the steamer arrived from colon today two of these first class and five second class oablun passengers and ten were members jot the steamers crew i bight of the crew hyl been ill the entire passage of the etaamer but six of them were reported to be convalescent when the arrived today four members of the crew suffering of yellow fever were removed from the steamer just prior to her departure 11 TROOPS OUT new york july 29 A dispatch to the new york from new or leans says governor Varda of mississippi late last night called ut the militia of that state to protect the line of that state against the entry nee of people from louisiana quarantine at memphis memphis tean july 29 the quarantine declared yesterday yest erda y by the city council against fever li points is in full operation toda inspectors tor all rail road lines are on duty and tio person hlll be allowed to stop in memphis unless a clean bill of health can be shown passengers from neve orleans will bave to go a detention of six days before admission to the city will ae granted |